We wouldn’t normally draw particular attention to retail executives moving jobs, but this is an interesting one. David Wild has been appointed CEO of UK car accessories and bike retailer Halfords. This in itself is unremarkable, but Wild was formally Senior Vice President at Wal-Mart US responsible for the development (amongst other things) of Wal-Mart’s [...]

This survey develops a number of themes on environmental aspects of retail branding, and has an interesting comparison between US and UK consumer attitudes. Retailers feature strongly, particularly in the UK.

The evidence on the extent to which present economic concerns might weaken certain consumers’ propensity to consume sustainably – perhaps reluctant to incur a green premium – is slow to emerge. But a recent FT article, with early evidence from IPSOS/MORI, can be found here. MBA Stephen Doll helpfully pointed me to some recent data [...]

After an exhausting but satisfying day at yesterday’s Retail Forum I arrived home to find my wife calming down (slowly) from a carrier bag rage moment. The reason: Marks & Spencer’s attempt to charge 5p a bag to carry home £10 worth of items for dinner. Her anger was magnified because minutes earlier they had [...]